All Calm Right Now

Daily Forex Fundamentals | Written by AC-Markets | Jul 21 08 08:20 GMT |

Market Brief

Usd was stable in Asian session as the lack of new data and non-data events gave speculators nothing new to trade on. EurUsd stayed well within Fridays range, trading from 1.5830 - 1.5874 while UsdJpy trended slightly lower from 106.98 to 106.71. AudUsd broke out of Fridays doldrums, trading back up to 0.9767. Asian Equity markets are in the green while European index futures are pointing to a negative open. Commodities are higher with wti crude trading at $129.88bbl and gold up .66% to 961.37. Bonds continue to decline across the treasury curve, as risk appetite is slowly returning to the market. FX 1-month implied vols are coming off last weeks highs, helping to support renewed risk appetite.

In the UK Rightmove House Price indices showed another decline in prices m/m 1.8% ( y/y 2.0%). In addition, the report also warned that unsold homes (per agency) have hit a record high. While the market was silent to the news, with deteriorating domestic conditions and the housing correction still well entrenched, the BoE will be increasingly pushed into a difficult dilemma (especially considering the UK will skid dangerously close to a recession).

In Australia , PPI came in lower for q2 rising to 1.0% q/q well below the expected 1.6% q/q, however the data does show an acceleration of inflation pressures. While PPI is not directly correlated with CPI it illustrates that inflation is still a concern and gave the Aud a slight boost in early trading.

No major events or data scheduled for release in the UK or Eurozone.

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